Author: David Langston
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 1626527245
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Major League Presidents is a children's book about a baseball team of US Presidents that ties in America's pastime with presidential trivia. It is written in a rhyming style and is ideal for teaching kids about the US Presidents. A Perfect Day For Baseball The Grass is Green and the Air is Dry A Sport Fit For US Presidents It's American As Apple Pie
Major League Presidents
Author: David Langston
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 1626527245
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Major League Presidents is a children's book about a baseball team of US Presidents that ties in America's pastime with presidential trivia. It is written in a rhyming style and is ideal for teaching kids about the US Presidents. A Perfect Day For Baseball The Grass is Green and the Air is Dry A Sport Fit For US Presidents It's American As Apple Pie
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 1626527245
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Major League Presidents is a children's book about a baseball team of US Presidents that ties in America's pastime with presidential trivia. It is written in a rhyming style and is ideal for teaching kids about the US Presidents. A Perfect Day For Baseball The Grass is Green and the Air is Dry A Sport Fit For US Presidents It's American As Apple Pie
The Presidents and the Pastime
Author: Curt Smith
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496207394
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's birth, when would‑be presidents played baseball antecedents. He charts how baseball cemented its reputation as America's pastime in the nineteenth century, such presidents as Lincoln and Johnson playing town ball or giving employees time off to watch. Smith tracks every U.S. president from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump, each chapter filled with anecdotes: Wilson buoyed by baseball after suffering disability; a heroic FDR saving baseball in World War II; Carter, taught the game by his mother, Lillian; Reagan, airing baseball on radio that he never saw--by "re-creation." George H. W. Bush, for whom Smith wrote, explains, "Baseball has everything." Smith, having interviewed a majority of presidents since Richard Nixon, shares personal stories on each. Throughout, The Presidents and the Pastime provides a riveting narrative of how America's leaders have treated baseball. From Taft as the first president to throw the "first pitch" on Opening Day in 1910 to Obama's "Go Sox!" scrawled in the guest register at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, our presidents have deemed it the quintessentially American sport, enriching both their office and the nation.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496207394
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's birth, when would‑be presidents played baseball antecedents. He charts how baseball cemented its reputation as America's pastime in the nineteenth century, such presidents as Lincoln and Johnson playing town ball or giving employees time off to watch. Smith tracks every U.S. president from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump, each chapter filled with anecdotes: Wilson buoyed by baseball after suffering disability; a heroic FDR saving baseball in World War II; Carter, taught the game by his mother, Lillian; Reagan, airing baseball on radio that he never saw--by "re-creation." George H. W. Bush, for whom Smith wrote, explains, "Baseball has everything." Smith, having interviewed a majority of presidents since Richard Nixon, shares personal stories on each. Throughout, The Presidents and the Pastime provides a riveting narrative of how America's leaders have treated baseball. From Taft as the first president to throw the "first pitch" on Opening Day in 1910 to Obama's "Go Sox!" scrawled in the guest register at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, our presidents have deemed it the quintessentially American sport, enriching both their office and the nation.
Baseball
Author: William B. Mead
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802775152
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Looks at the long-standing love between baseball and its forerunners and all of the presidents of the United States
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802775152
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Looks at the long-standing love between baseball and its forerunners and all of the presidents of the United States
Official Major League Baseball Fact Book
Author: Sporting News
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780892047710
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780892047710
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Major Leagues
Author: David Pietrusza
Publisher: Church & Reid
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
New major leagues have sprung up throughout the history of baseball, both long-term successes (the American and National leagues) and the transitory, of which the Federal League (1914-15) and the Mexican League (1946) were two. Some leagues were born of noble motives (the Union Association, 1884, to abolish the reserve clause); others, farcical (the Global League, 1969). And many were stillborn, never playing that first inning (such as the Continental League, 1959-60). Here is their history and an analysis of the conditions that determined success or failure. “This is a first class work in the comprehensive baseball history category and belongs on the shelf along with those impressive volumes of Harold Seymour and David Voigt.”— Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Bibliography Committee Newsletter “Well-researched . . . worthy” — Library Journal
Publisher: Church & Reid
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
New major leagues have sprung up throughout the history of baseball, both long-term successes (the American and National leagues) and the transitory, of which the Federal League (1914-15) and the Mexican League (1946) were two. Some leagues were born of noble motives (the Union Association, 1884, to abolish the reserve clause); others, farcical (the Global League, 1969). And many were stillborn, never playing that first inning (such as the Continental League, 1959-60). Here is their history and an analysis of the conditions that determined success or failure. “This is a first class work in the comprehensive baseball history category and belongs on the shelf along with those impressive volumes of Harold Seymour and David Voigt.”— Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Bibliography Committee Newsletter “Well-researched . . . worthy” — Library Journal
Professional Base Ball in America
Author: National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
"Commy": the Life Story of Charles A. Comiskey
Author: Gustaf W. Axelson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In Pursuit of Pennants
Author: Mark Armour
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496206010
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The 1936 Yankees, the 1963 Dodgers, the 1975 Reds, the 2010 Giants—why do some baseball teams win while others don’t? General managers and fans alike have pondered this most important of baseball questions. The Moneyball strategy is not the first example of how new ideas and innovative management have transformed the way teams are assembled. In Pursuit of Pennants examines and analyzes a number of compelling, winning baseball teams over the past hundred-plus years, focusing on their decision making and how they assembled their championship teams. Whether through scouting, integration, instruction, expansion, free agency, or modernizing their management structure, each winning team and each era had its own version of Moneyball, where front office decisions often made the difference. Mark L. Armour and Daniel R. Levitt show how these teams succeeded and how they relied on talent both on the field and in the front office. While there is no recipe for guaranteed success in a competitive, ever-changing environment, these teams demonstrate how creatively thinking about one’s circumstances can often lead to a competitive advantage. Purchase the audio edition.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496206010
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The 1936 Yankees, the 1963 Dodgers, the 1975 Reds, the 2010 Giants—why do some baseball teams win while others don’t? General managers and fans alike have pondered this most important of baseball questions. The Moneyball strategy is not the first example of how new ideas and innovative management have transformed the way teams are assembled. In Pursuit of Pennants examines and analyzes a number of compelling, winning baseball teams over the past hundred-plus years, focusing on their decision making and how they assembled their championship teams. Whether through scouting, integration, instruction, expansion, free agency, or modernizing their management structure, each winning team and each era had its own version of Moneyball, where front office decisions often made the difference. Mark L. Armour and Daniel R. Levitt show how these teams succeeded and how they relied on talent both on the field and in the front office. While there is no recipe for guaranteed success in a competitive, ever-changing environment, these teams demonstrate how creatively thinking about one’s circumstances can often lead to a competitive advantage. Purchase the audio edition.
Richter's History and Records of Base Ball, the American Nation's Chief Sport
Author: Francis C. Richter
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786417277
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Richter's History and Records of Base Ball, the American Nation's Chief Sport, originally published in 1914, is the most comprehensive and ambitious among the early books about baseball. "This volume," Richter writes, "is designed to supply the growing need of a concise, yet complete, record of our National Game" and "to serve this purpose in such a form as to make it valuable, possibly indispensable, as a book of special information, of ready reference, and of general interest to all love's and students of the great game." The book is divided into three parts. Part I covers the origins of baseball, the first professional league, the National and American leagues, the American Association, baseball tours, warring leagues, the World Series, and the minor leagues. Part II includes team and individual performance records through 1914, Richter's takes on the great pitchers of early baseball, and brief commentary on two classic poems inspired by the game. Part III includes the history and text of the first National Agreement, the development of baseball playing rules, and information on the pioneering players, owners, executives, and writers.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786417277
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Richter's History and Records of Base Ball, the American Nation's Chief Sport, originally published in 1914, is the most comprehensive and ambitious among the early books about baseball. "This volume," Richter writes, "is designed to supply the growing need of a concise, yet complete, record of our National Game" and "to serve this purpose in such a form as to make it valuable, possibly indispensable, as a book of special information, of ready reference, and of general interest to all love's and students of the great game." The book is divided into three parts. Part I covers the origins of baseball, the first professional league, the National and American leagues, the American Association, baseball tours, warring leagues, the World Series, and the minor leagues. Part II includes team and individual performance records through 1914, Richter's takes on the great pitchers of early baseball, and brief commentary on two classic poems inspired by the game. Part III includes the history and text of the first National Agreement, the development of baseball playing rules, and information on the pioneering players, owners, executives, and writers.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Author: United States. President
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.